Arc Pro A30M vs ATI 3D Rage PRO AGP

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Primary details

GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.

Place in the rankingnot rated348
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Power efficiencyno data21.20
ArchitectureRage 3 (1997−1998)Generation 12.7 (2022−2023)
GPU code nameRage 3DG2-128
Market segmentDesktopMobile workstation
Release date1 March 1997 (27 years ago)8 August 2022 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA coresno data1024
Core clock speed75 MHz1500 MHz
Boost clock speedno data2000 MHz
Number of transistors8 million7,200 million
Manufacturing process technology350 nm6 nm
Power consumption (TDP)no data50 Watt
Texture fill rate0.08128.0
Floating-point processing powerno data4.096 TFLOPS
ROPs132
TMUs164
Ray Tracing Coresno data8

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

InterfaceAGP 2xPCIe 4.0 x8
Width1-slotno data
Supplementary power connectorsno dataNone

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory typeSDRGDDR6
Maximum RAM amount2 MB4 GB
Memory bus width64 Bit64 Bit
Memory clock speed75 MHz2000 MHz
Memory bandwidth600.0 MB/s128.0 GB/s

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors1x VGANo outputs

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX6.012 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Modelno data6.6
OpenGL1.14.6
OpenCLN/A3.0
VulkanN/A1.3

Pros & cons summary


Recency 1 March 1997 8 August 2022
Maximum RAM amount 2 MB 4 GB
Chip lithography 350 nm 6 nm

Arc Pro A30M has an age advantage of 25 years, a 204700% higher maximum VRAM amount, and a 5733.3% more advanced lithography process.

We couldn't decide between 3D Rage PRO AGP and Arc Pro A30M. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that 3D Rage PRO AGP is a desktop card while Arc Pro A30M is a mobile workstation one.


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